Cum se pedepseşte un criminal de război: cazul Gheorghe Leon
How to punish a criminal war: Gheorghe Leon case
Author(s): Robert PăiușanSubject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1939 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Fascism, Nazism and WW II
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Gheorghe Leon; minister; economic nationalism; Ion Antonescu; war criminal; political prisoner;
Summary/Abstract: Gheorghe Leon (1888-1959) belonged to the generation of important interwar Romanian economists, both as a university professor and as a publicist promoting economic nationalism. In his political life, after two short terms as undersecretary of state, Leon served as a minister during July-November 1940 in the Gigurtu and Antonescu governments a position in which he promoted laws and measures of an anti-democratic nature, including racist provisions. For his political activity, he was tried three times: in 1946, when he was acquitted; in 1951, when he was sentenced in absentia (as he was already administratively imprisoned) to 12 years of hard labor; and in 1956, when the previous criminal ruling was annulled and he was sentenced for the same acts to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment. He was incarcerated between 1950 and 1959 in the prisons of Sighet, Făgăraș, and Râmnicu Sărat, where he died.
Journal: Arhivele Totalitarismului
- Issue Year: XXXIII/2025
- Issue No: 3-4
- Page Range: 67-84
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Romanian
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